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the MAMA of ella

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September 20, 2007

we met ella's new doctor, dr. huss. she replaced our beloved dr. greeley who has moved with her family to houston. we liked dr. huss right away and i think she will be beloved too.

after our visit with the doctor, the nurse came to give ella her 4-year-old booster shots and surprised us by also doing a finger prick to test for iron and lead levels. this would have been fine except that she took about 2 tablespoons, ONE DROP AT A TIME, which took forever and involved squeezing ella's little finger over and over for almost 5 minutes. this HURT. i know it was in the service of good health care but really, that should have been done in a separate appointment--the blood sucking plus three shots was just too much for one day. ella was brave but after all that she was wiped out and so was i. on the upside, she got four crayon band-aids and some great war stories to share at playing school today.

September 10, 2007

whograndsisters: girl cousinsuncles: includes aunts--basically any of my siblingsbrothers and sisters: whoever she designates for the dayeach chother: each other (the words both have "ch")current imaginary playmates are: grophie, boobah, moodle, tootie, and glass

July 31, 2007

whowacky (HOO-wack-ee): ella, rudi, and i sit on the floor with our legs apart and feet touching, making a circle. we each have a ball, none of them match. when ella says "whowacky" we all start saying whowacky and start passing the balls around randomly, basically trying to keep from having any ball in our posession. the winner is whoever is playing.

maplie (MAY-pull-eye): this is a sandbox game. i am the maplie boy, she is the maplie girl. i smooth out the sand, then she stands on the smooth sand and starts wiggling until she falls down ("i maplied"). the script is:

ella: hi maplie boy, i'm the maplie girl.

me: hi maplie girl, would you like to maplie?

ella: sure, i'm ready for go!

the winner is always supposedly ella but it is really always me, because i get to watch her laugh with joy.

she has other games but i haven't been able to learn them all yet because she plays them with her new friends grophie, glass, boobah, tootie, and moodle. i'm told they are green, yellow, pink, blue, and red, and they have great eating habits.

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